On the strong Lefschetz problem for uniform powers of general linear forms in k[x,y,z]

Abstract: Schenck and Seceleanu proved that if

R = k [x, y, z]

, where

k

is an infinite field, and

I

is an ideal generated by any collection of powers of linear forms, then multiplication by a general linear form

L

induces a homomorphism of maximal rank from any component of

R / I

to the next. That is,

R / I

has the {em weak Lefschetz property}. Considering the more general {em strong Lefschetz question} of when

i m e s L^{j}

has maximal rank for

j g e q 2

, we give the first systematic study of this problem. We assume that the linear forms are general and that the powers are all the same, i.e. that

I

is generated by {em uniform} powers of general linear forms. We prove that for any number of such generators,

i m e s L^{2}

always has maximal rank. We then specialize to almost complete intersections, i.e. to four generators, and we show that for

j = 3, 4, 5

the behavior depends on the uniform exponent and on

j

, in a way that we make precise. In particular, there is always at most one degree where

i m e s L^{j}

fails maximal rank. Finally, we note that experimentally all higher powers of

L

fail maximal rank in at least two degrees.

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